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The word 'sniffed'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sniffedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.91613
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sniffed in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
urd amidships - owld Charlie sniffed the air on page 13
Hid sniffed oot the stick o explosive and on page 17
eered around wi beady eye and sniffed the momeen air on page 57

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Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
Professor McGonagall sniffed, pretty mad.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
r could my husband..." Tamara sniffed. "That tart! I hate her." on page 75

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ossed her lang reid pleats an sniffed.
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
iption chairges, isnae tae be sniffed at either. The list gangs on
1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
rt doon, an the doag stoppit, sniffed, an then lickit him weet, lik on page 118

1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Whilst Bruin sniffed him, heid and hough. on page 33

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
idna see the funny side. Jist sniffed.
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
He sniffed and made disgusted “yech”
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
Jarv The boy op isn’t tae be sniffed at ! ????(2020)

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e, said Tommy Campbell, an he sniffed them an kiddet on he wis gett on page 111

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ye, tell that tae the Polis!" sniffed the Cushie Doo in contempt. " on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'Ye're no wrang,' sniffed Grannie Geordietta. 'And jist on page 41

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
od, I wasnae a bad wean." She sniffed. "'Tam went tae the airmie wh on page 4

1 matches

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